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Presented below is the Canadian Association ofGastroenterology (CAG) five year Strategic Plan for July
2004 to June 2009. The Strategic Plan represents an extensionof the organization’s original 1993 Strategic Plan (1), anddirectly reflects input from the membership provided via aStrategic Planning Needs Analysis undertaken in the fall of2002 (2).
The plan outlines strategic priorities established by theCAG Governing Board in October 2003. The GoverningBoard received input from the Past Presidents AdvisoryCouncil, which met in August 2003 to review and consider theresults of the needs analysis. The meeting, chaired by RichardFedorak, included the largest gathering in history of Presidentsof the CAG, including Drs Joseph Connon, Aubrey Groll,Richard Hunt, Desmond Leddin, Gary Levy, Eldon Shaffer,Philip Sherman, Alan Thomson, John Wallace and NoelWilliams.
This Strategic Plan is designed to guide the CAG as itbuilds on a forty-year history as the major voice in digestivehealth, education, research, and the practice of gastroen-terology in Canada. The Strategic Plan is structured intofive principal initiatives. Each initiative is then consideredin further detail by providing more specific goals and targets.
PRINCIPAL INITIATIVES1. Emphasize the development of the next generation of
gastroenterology clinical practitioners, researchers,educators, and leaders.
2. Develop and support sustained local, provincial, andfederal governmental affairs and advocacy programs.
3. Promote and enhance professional alliances and vibrantprovincial partnerships.
4. Support and enhance the scope of clinical practice, andeducational and research programs.
5. Grow resources to provide additional and enhancedservices to members of the CAG.
Principal initiative #1: Emphasize the development of thenext generation of gastroenterology clinical practitioners,researchers, educators and leaders.
Goals and targets:1. Define the workforce needs and propose adjustments in
training programs accordingly.a. establish a repository of data on gastroenterology
workforce needs for basic and clinical researchers,educators and practitioners.
2. Expand membership.a. encourage more minorities and allied health
professionals to participate in the CAG.
3. Attract, train, and retain the best and brightest togastroenterology.a. establish leadership skill development programs.b. establish teaching skill development programs.c. facilitate early transition into CAG management.
4. Expand career opportunities in gastroenterology practice,education, and research – particularly in areas in whichthe database of gastroenterology workforce indicates aspecific need.
5. Promote, with appropriate partners, the curriculum,standards and certification for gastroenterology trainingfor students, residents, fellows, and postgraduate and alliedhealth professionals.a. revise and implement core curricula to ensure quality
training and competency.
Principal initiative #2: Develop and support sustained local,provincial and federal governmental affairs and advocacyprograms.
Goals and targets1. Establish the CAG as the pre-eminent advocacy group for
digestive health.a. develop alliances to achieve advocacy.
Canadian Association ofGastroenterology 2004 Strategic Plan
Philip M Sherman, MD FRCPC, President, CAG
Richard N Fedorak, MD FRCPC, Past President, CAG
Desmond Leddin, MB FRCPC, President-Elect, CAG
John L Wallace, PhD, Past President, CAG
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b. support advocacy in all levels of government and innongovernmental avenues.
c. develop and implement a public relations initiative.
2. Establish a public policy committee to identify, assess andreport on digestive disorders and their impact on majorpolicy trends.a. promote proactive and responsive policy
development.
3. Advocate public and governmental policy to support askilled gastroenterology workforce.a. establish a comprehensive person-power policy to
identify needs in research, education and clinicalpractice.
4. Promote and facilitate implementation of digestive healthpriorities for Canadians.a. create and promote a national strategy to address
digestive health and disease at local, provincial andnational levels.
Principal initiative #3: Promote and enhance professionalalliances and vibrant provincial partnerships.
Goals and targets1. Facilitate the development of regional associations and
professional alliances, where appropriate.a. establish an effective administrative process that will
provide input of regional associations and professionalalliances to the CAG Governing Board.
b. define roles and boundaries of provincial and nationalorganizations.
2. Enhance the value of the CAG to regional and nationalassociations.a. facilitate co-sponsorship of regional educational
activities.b. optimize two-way communications between the CAG
and regional associations.
3. Develop and make available a national resource for theacquisition and storage of data related to:a. workforce needs.b. reimbursement issues.c. research needs and outcomes.d. digestive diseases.e. endoscopy and procedural matters.
Principal initiative #4: Support and enhance the scope ofclinical practice, educational and research programs.
Goals and targets1. Enhance the CAG as a leading provider of education and
basic and clinical research in digestive disease and healththrough:a. Canadian Digestive Disease Week (CDDW).b. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology.c. regional meetings.d. creation and dissemination of practice guidelines and
technical reviews.e. other emerging opportunities.
2. Develop publications, curricula, and computer-basedtechnologies for educational programs, researchendeavours and clinical practice.a. Create relevant, timely, and user-friendly curriculum
tools and educational programs.
3. Assist members of the CAG to access and participate inclinical trials and databases.a. Develop a clinical trials database as part of a
comprehensive program to support clinical trial andquality improvement activities.
Principal initiative #5: Grow resources to provide additionaland enhanced services to members of the CAG.
Goals and targets1. Secure endowments for research and training awards.
a. identify and select new ventures to expand CAGresearch and training funds.
b. leverage existing resources through strategic alliancesand coalitions.
2. Develop a national campaign to increase funding and findnew funding resources through partnerships with:a. government.b. CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)c. Industryd. CDHF (Canadian Digestive Health Foundation)
3. Continue to operate the CAG in accordance with soundbusiness, ethical, and financial principles.
We anticipate that this Strategic Plan will serve as a usefultemplate for the CAG and its leadership in guiding the organ-ization forward over the next five years. The continued growthand success of the CAG will provide a yardstick by which tomeasure the merits of focusing the talents, energy, andresources of the CAG on the five Principal Initiatives consid-ered above in the 2004 Strategic Plan.
Your input and support is highly anticipated and most wel-come. Potential methods by which this could be accomplishedinclude discussion amongst regional groups with a summaryprovided to the CAG National Office (e-mail [email protected]), direct communication with any member of the CAGGoverning Board, and discussion at the annual general busi-ness meeting (held at the CDDW). If there is an interestexpressed by members, we will also arrange for a series of focusgroup sessions to be conducted.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The CAG would like to acknowl-edge the unrestricted support of our partners AstraZeneca CanadaInc., Pentax Precision Instruments Corp., and Schering CanadaInc. for the CAG Past Presidents Strategic Planning meeting.
REFERENCES1. Fedorak R, Sherman P. The 1993 Canadian Association of
Gastroenteorology Strategic Plan: Excellence in Achievement.Can J Gastroenterol 2003;17:683-4.
2. Sherman PM, Daniels SM, Fedorak RN. Summary of the 2002CAG Strategic Planning Survey. Can J Gastroenterol 2004;18:55-6.
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